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[Haakon Magnusson]

Catra Lanis, on 29 May 2015 - 08:54 AM, said:

Recognize a few names but they didn't look special to me, average players but maybe they didn't cheat in those matches. I am a bit surprised by McCarron since she doesn't fit the "psychological profile".

Actually I think she fits perfectly, as in a person who thinks she has a lot to prove.

I'd imagine her writing and viewpoints got her into a place where she felt she needed to be exceedingly good.
Doesn't make it one bit more acceptable, was just starting to read her stuff, but frankly after this I am not at all interested anymore. Guess her characters are using aimbots too

cdlord, on 29 May 2015 - 09:30 AM, said:

I accept that I get my butt kicked on occasion, and probably more so. But when I get into 10-20 match losing streaks, or can't seem to win in a PUG match ever... I get frustrated. Keep telling myself my elo will eventually even out.

On those loss streaks, I sometimes get what universe is telling me and just stop playing for a while. Sometimes it's me that is off... sometimes the world

And then sometimes I keep banging my head against the losses because I simply need that double xp win for that mech that I am grinding.

[Bishop Steiner]

what makes me real curious is how many idiots will take this as a challenge and will try to see how many haxx they can get away with.

Some Darwinian Attrition is a wonderful thing to watch.

[Abisha]

do wallhack really exist? i hear this from the day's of counter strike already.
that's like 15 a 20 years ago or whatever, but i never ever been killed behind a wall or something.
or is it more like visual?

Edited by Abisha, 29 May 2015 - 01:00 PM.

[CDLord HHGD]

Abisha, on 29 May 2015 - 12:59 PM, said:

do wallhack really exist? i hear this from the day's of counter strike already.
that's like 15 a 20 years ago or whatever, but i never ever been killed behind a wall or something.
or is it more like visual?

Rule #1 is we do not talk about specific hacks.
Rule #2 is we do not talk about specific hacks.

[Sp4rtan]

can't wait for the part #2 the smell of burned cheaters is sooooooo gooooood, all 64 were beautiful I will honor their memory in every chance! o7

Edited by Sp4rtan, 29 May 2015 - 01:13 PM.

[Haakon Magnusson]

I just fear resurgence of new-old players coming in with the hacks and in equal amount needless suspicion of hacking where there is none. Not good at all.
Guess everyone getting really sensitive, who knows what is the truth

[Burktross]

Dimento Graven, on 29 May 2015 - 08:23 AM, said:

There's more than enough stuff out there on the net like that now, OR, you could rely on software written by experts to do all that for you...

There's stuff on the net, but is Random Scrub #5679 gunna look it up without any prompting? Be nice if it were a shortcut on new computers-- people would at least graze it over and maybe learn one thing.

[Piney II]

Haakon Magnusson, on 29 May 2015 - 02:21 PM, said:

I just fear resurgence of new-old players coming in with the hacks and in equal amount needless suspicion of hacking where there is none. Not good at all.
Guess everyone getting really sensitive, who knows what is the truth

There will be some paranoia, but things will settle down again.

[Dimento Graven]

Burktross, on 29 May 2015 - 02:25 PM, said:

There's stuff on the net, but is Random Scrub #5679 gunna look it up without any prompting? Be nice if it were a shortcut on new computers-- people would at least graze it over and maybe learn one thing.

Considering that Help and the F1 key popping up "help" have both been in existence as a computing standard since the days of Windows 3.1, you've had your wish for longer than you apparently realized.

HOWEVER, most software companies (most especially Microsoft, but pretty much ALL of them are guilty of this) write craptastic documentation and help. In my days in the software biz, the documentation was almost always written, NOT by some one who actually knew how to use the software, used it daily, was intimate with what could go wrong and how to address, but by a person whose only job was to write documentation, and they typically only wrote the documentation "third hand" ie: asking anyone and everyone about the various subjects, aspects, etc. So typically the documentation is LESS than helpful, and has been historically since the dawn of consumer software.

Hence everyone being averse to even trying to use it.

HOWEVER NOW, we have the 'google-interweb' where we can simply type our questions in plain English and about 70% of the time find our needed help/answer on the first page.

So yeah, I expect people to do the 'google-interweb' thing without any prompting.

[Bilbo]

Piney, on 29 May 2015 - 02:31 PM, said:

There will be some paranoia, but things will settle down again.

No more paranoia than there has ever been. People knew the hacks existed long before PGI decided to do something about it. Now they'll just wonder if they are staying on top of it.

[Burktross]

Dimento Graven, on 29 May 2015 - 02:32 PM, said:

Considering that Help and the F1 key popping up "help" have both been in existence as a computing standard since the days of Windows 3.1, you've had your wish for longer than you apparently realized.

HOWEVER, most software companies (most especially Microsoft, but pretty much ALL of them are guilty of this) write craptastic documentation and help. In my days in the software biz, the documentation was almost always written, NOT by some one who actually knew how to use the software, used it daily, was intimate with what could go wrong and how to address, but by a person whose only job was to write documentation, and they typically only wrote the documentation "third hand" ie: asking anyone and everyone about the various subjects, aspects, etc. So typically the documentation is LESS than helpful, and has been historically since the dawn of consumer software.

Hence everyone being averse to even trying to use it.

HOWEVER NOW, we have the 'google-interweb' where we can simply type our questions in plain English and about 70% of the time find our needed help/answer on the first page.

So yeah, I expect people to do the 'google-interweb' thing without any prompting.

But I mean learning for the sake of just in case, rather than winging it on the go. Many a Rogue-AV render the internet only minimally usable or disable it save for a website or two-- usually that of the payment page for it.

Local PC information through help is... lacking... to say the least

Spoiler

[Dimento Graven]

Burktross, on 29 May 2015 - 02:51 PM, said:

But I mean learning for the sake of just in case, rather than winging it on the go. Many a Rogue-AV render the internet only minimally usable or disable it save for a website or two-- usually that of the payment page for it.

Local PC information through help is... lacking... to say the least

Spoiler

Oh you mean learning it just for the sake of learning it. Yeah more of us should be like that about a great many things. We should all learn what it takes to rebuild an internal combustion engine, how to weld (in its various forms), read an electronic schematic, bake bread, make a bow and arrow capable of hunting small to medium game, how to prep said game for eating, etc. etc. etc.

Unfortunately we live in the "age of specialization", it's no longer possible to become a 'renaissance man' in the classic sense. There's just TOO MUCH to know.

Better to have a central knowledgebase to query on an as needed basis, where we can HOPEFULLY, get specific expert help and advice for immediate needs.

Some of this stuff just changes too quickly, and some of the greedy ******* companies out there intentionally completely change **** just for the sake of selling 'professional training' (I'm looking directly at you Oracle, **** YOU!).

[Thorn Hallis]

Kinda dissapointed by some of the names on that list.

[Dino Might]

Dimento Graven, on 29 May 2015 - 02:59 PM, said:

Oh you mean learning it just for the sake of learning it. Yeah more of us should be like that about a great many things. We should all learn what it takes to rebuild an internal combustion engine, how to weld (in its various forms), read an electronic schematic, bake bread, make a bow and arrow capable of hunting small to medium game, how to prep said game for eating, etc. etc. etc.

Unfortunately we live in the "age of specialization", it's no longer possible to become a 'renaissance man' in the classic sense. There's just TOO MUCH to know.

Better to have a central knowledgebase to query on an as needed basis, where we can HOPEFULLY, get specific expert help and advice for immediate needs.

Some of this stuff just changes too quickly, and some of the greedy ******* companies out there intentionally completely change **** just for the sake of selling 'professional training' (I'm looking directly at you Oracle, **** YOU!).

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.

-Robert A. Heinlein

Edited by Dino Might, 29 May 2015 - 04:28 PM.

[Burktross]

Dimento Graven, on 29 May 2015 - 02:59 PM, said:

Oh you mean learning it just for the sake of learning it. Yeah more of us should be like that about a great many things. We should all learn what it takes to rebuild an internal combustion engine, how to weld (in its various forms), read an electronic schematic, bake bread, make a bow and arrow capable of hunting small to medium game, how to prep said game for eating, etc. etc. etc.

Unfortunately we live in the "age of specialization", it's no longer possible to become a 'renaissance man' in the classic sense. There's just TOO MUCH to know.

Better to have a central knowledgebase to query on an as needed basis, where we can HOPEFULLY, get specific expert help and advice for immediate needs.

Some of this stuff just changes too quickly, and some of the greedy ******* companies out there intentionally completely change **** just for the sake of selling 'professional training' (I'm looking directly at you Oracle, **** YOU!).

There's a big disparity between regedit knowledge and creating a combustion engine

[Dimento Graven]

Dino Might, on 29 May 2015 - 04:28 PM, said:

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.

-Robert A. Heinlein

I totally agree with the sentiment, however, the quote is actually Robert A. Heinlein's character Lazarus Long, a guy who as I recollect, lived at least 10,000 years. If "I" had 10,000 years, yeah, I could learn all that too.

The reality is in a society as technologically complex as ours has become, specialization is the only way to be able to maintain it.

[Dimento Graven]

Burktross, on 29 May 2015 - 04:28 PM, said:

There's a big disparity between regedit knowledge and creating a combustion engine

I said 'rebuild' not 'create'... There's whole level of engineering involved in designing and building an IC engine from scratch.

RE-building one already built however, from what I know of both (and I admit I know more about regedit than I do about IC engines... well, I know lawn mower engines fairly well actually and have rebuilt one or two in my years), they require equal levels of reading comprehension and technical aptitude.

I'd never disparage my mechanic, nor my IT guy, for not knowing how to do the other's job.

HOWEVER, I would get kind of pissed if either refused to frickin' google a simple question...

[Bilbo]

Dimento Graven, on 29 May 2015 - 04:49 PM, said:

I said 'rebuild' not 'create'... There's whole level of engineering involved in designing and building an IC engine from scratch.

RE-building one already built however, from what I know of both (and I admit I know more about regedit than I do about IC engines... well, I know lawn mower engines fairly well actually and have rebuilt one or two in my years), they require equal levels of reading comprehension and technical aptitude.

I'd never disparage my mechanic, nor my IT guy, for not knowing how to do the other's job.

HOWEVER, I would get kind of pissed if either refused to frickin' google a simple question...

I've done both and I used google on a regular basis for each.

[Dimento Graven]

Bilbo, on 29 May 2015 - 04:52 PM, said:

I've done both and I used google on a regular basis for each.

The same for me as well, from getting the spark plug gap required for 2000 Toyota Tundra V8, to re-re-re-re-re-re-re-reminding myself where the F*** the entries are to re-enable the MS Scheduler options...

[Mazzyplz]

cdlord, on 29 May 2015 - 09:30 AM, said:

I accept that I get my butt kicked on occasion, and probably more so. But when I get into 10-20 match losing streaks, or can't seem to win in a PUG match ever... I get frustrated. Keep telling myself my elo will eventually even out.

when that happens just close the game, trust me.
at some points during the day, the quality of teams takes a STEEP dive into the herpzone.

this event for instance is providing me with endless headaches